/> Post-Kajra re and It's rocking Alisha Chinai is rocking...or so you'd like to believe. But she has another story to tell. "Playback singers always get relegated to the sidelines.

They continue to be underdogs of the music industry. We really need to be paid. I've been fighting for ten years. I've always maintained a parallel music career outside the movies. In the movies they think they're doing me a favour.

An average film star gets 2 crores. A playback singer gets 20-25,000 rupees. Even when a song like Kajra re becomes a runaway hit I don't benefit. We're paid the pits."

Nowadays Alisha demands and expects her price. 'Of course a lot of producers settle for a mediocre voice. I'm quite happy singing my ten songs a year. Singing less keeps my voice fresh."

Alisha is releasing another non-film album in May. One of the tracks is bound to create a stir.

Laughs Alisha, "There's a very audacious and upfront song called 'Shut Up And Kiss Me'. I hope people see it with a sense of humour. It's sexy but not raunchy. So no raised eyebrows, I hope."

Years ago Alisha had created a sensation with the song 'Sexy sexy' for Karisma Kapoor in Khuddar. The words had to be changed to appease the moralists.

"I don't think we'll have to change the words this time. I hope I don't come across looking stupid. The album has been recorded completely in the UK. So it's got a crossover sound. My producer is Ravi Bal."

Alisha is heavily into astrology. "My astrologer had predicted that the end of my bad phase would start with Kajra re. That song resurrected my career, thanks to Aishwarya Rai who looked awesome.

To be honest I enjoy the thought of singing for Aishwarya, Kareena and Vidya Balan. I haven't sung for Vidya. But I guess I soon will. I have sung only one song for Aishwarya. But look at the impact."